Full Version: Bahia Red Picture Thread!
I'm pretty sure it's Bahia...
Got her back from the painter the other day...putting her together now...
/lars s
/lars s
Here's one I had years ago.
QUOTE(ripper911 @ Jul 26 2010, 11:32 AM) 
I'm pretty sure it's Bahia...
If it says L30E or 1310 on the door tag color code or on your COA, then it's Bahia Red!
Here's some pix I took of my buddy's one owner `71 914/4 with the original Bahia Red paint as it left the factory - now 39 years later & only 60,500 or so miles by now I guess. I took these at the PCA OCR's Porche's & Doughnuts in April 2010.
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QUOTE(smg914 @ Jul 26 2010, 12:33 PM)
Hey Steve - is that John L's, or did you both own it at one point, or am I just cornfused??
Hey Tom,
It was mine, but we both are old friends of the person that owned it before me.
It was in NW NJ when he bought it. I will have to ask where he found it. Maybe Atlanta or Denver, as both locations were places he lived.
Steve and I both had our first 914's at the time. All 3 were 1973 2.0L's.
Steve's was Signal Yellow, mine was Olympic Blue, and Wally's was Bahia Red.
I bought it from him in 1981, when I moved from NYC to STL. I drove it for 7 years lightly and sold it to a guy in STL in 88, but he was much older than me at the time. I was 36 then. He was in his late 50's like I am now. Yes, he would be 80 now.
That was one that got away. I left STL and had 2 others while there, 1 at a time, white and black, both 73 2.0L's, but they were nowhere near as nice as this one.
I beat them unmercifully and sold them in about 2 years each, one in 84 and one in 87. This one I kept nice right till I sold it in July of 88. I cannot remember the prices I got for any of the 5 I have had. I think I paid 4k for the Bahia Red 73 to Wally.
Had a great mechanic named Ed, and his specialty was type 4 engines in a little garage in South STL.
I did a lot of work myself, but I was OK with laying on a cold garage floor with 3 feet of snow outside. That was when I actually bought parts from the several STL Porsche dealers. How smart was that?
STL weather is why I have arthritis now! 7 years of either 25 below or 90/90 for 90 days.
I FLED to SoCal in 88.
John
Hey Steve - is that John L's, or did you both own it at one point, or am I just cornfused??
It was mine, but we both are old friends of the person that owned it before me.
It was in NW NJ when he bought it. I will have to ask where he found it. Maybe Atlanta or Denver, as both locations were places he lived.
Steve and I both had our first 914's at the time. All 3 were 1973 2.0L's.
Steve's was Signal Yellow, mine was Olympic Blue, and Wally's was Bahia Red.
I bought it from him in 1981, when I moved from NYC to STL. I drove it for 7 years lightly and sold it to a guy in STL in 88, but he was much older than me at the time. I was 36 then. He was in his late 50's like I am now. Yes, he would be 80 now.
That was one that got away. I left STL and had 2 others while there, 1 at a time, white and black, both 73 2.0L's, but they were nowhere near as nice as this one.
I beat them unmercifully and sold them in about 2 years each, one in 84 and one in 87. This one I kept nice right till I sold it in July of 88. I cannot remember the prices I got for any of the 5 I have had. I think I paid 4k for the Bahia Red 73 to Wally.
Had a great mechanic named Ed, and his specialty was type 4 engines in a little garage in South STL.
I did a lot of work myself, but I was OK with laying on a cold garage floor with 3 feet of snow outside. That was when I actually bought parts from the several STL Porsche dealers. How smart was that?
STL weather is why I have arthritis now! 7 years of either 25 below or 90/90 for 90 days.
I FLED to SoCal in 88.
John
QUOTE(Tom_T @ Jul 26 2010, 05:23 PM)
QUOTE(smg914 @ Jul 26 2010, 12:33 PM)
Hey Steve - is that John L's, or did you both own it at one point, or am I just cornfused??
Mine...
Hey John - I though I recognized that shot from when you'd emailed it to me awhile back, but then when Steve posted it, I wondered!
Hey Tom,
It was mine, but we both are old friends of the person that owned it before me.
It was in NW NJ when he bought it. I will have to ask where he found it. Maybe Atlanta or Denver, as both locations were places he lived.
Steve and I both had our first 914's at the time. All 3 were 1973 2.0L's.
Steve's was Signal Yellow, mine was Olympic Blue, and Wally's was Bahia Red.
I bought it from him in 1981, when I moved from NYC to STL. I drove it for 7 years lightly and sold it to a guy in STL in 88, but he was much older than me at the time. I was 36 then. He was in his late 50's like I am now. Yes, he would be 80 now.
That was one that got away. I left STL and had 2 others while there, 1 at a time, white and black, both 73 2.0L's, but they were nowhere near as nice as this one.
I beat them unmercifully and sold them in about 2 years each, one in 84 and one in 87. This one I kept nice right till I sold it in July of 88. I cannot remember the prices I got for any of the 5 I have had. I think I paid 4k for the Bahia Red 73 to Wally.
Had a great mechanic named Ed, and his specialty was type 4 engines in a little garage in South STL.
I did a lot of work myself, but I was OK with laying on a cold garage floor with 3 feet of snow outside. That was when I actually bought parts from the several STL Porsche dealers. How smart was that?
STL weather is why I have arthritis now! 7 years of either 25 below or 90/90 for 90 days.
I FLED to SoCal in 88.
John
Hey Steve - is that John L's, or did you both own it at one point, or am I just cornfused??
QUOTE(avidfanjpl @ Jul 26 2010, 05:38 PM)
Hey Tom,
It was mine, but we both are old friends of the person that owned it before me.
It was in NW NJ when he bought it. I will have to ask where he found it. Maybe Atlanta or Denver, as both locations were places he lived.
Steve and I both had our first 914's at the time. All 3 were 1973 2.0L's.
Steve's was Signal Yellow, mine was Olympic Blue, and Wally's was Bahia Red.
I bought it from him in 1981, when I moved from NYC to STL. I drove it for 7 years lightly and sold it to a guy in STL in 88, but he was much older than me at the time. I was 36 then. He was in his late 50's like I am now. Yes, he would be 80 now.
That was one that got away. I left STL and had 2 others while there, 1 at a time, white and black, both 73 2.0L's, but they were nowhere near as nice as this one.
I beat them unmercifully and sold them in about 2 years each, one in 84 and one in 87. This one I kept nice right till I sold it in July of 88. I cannot remember the prices I got for any of the 5 I have had. I think I paid 4k for the Bahia Red 73 to Wally.
Had a great mechanic named Ed, and his specialty was type 4 engines in a little garage in South STL.
I did a lot of work myself, but I was OK with laying on a cold garage floor with 3 feet of snow outside. That was when I actually bought parts from the several STL Porsche dealers. How smart was that?
STL weather is why I have arthritis now! 7 years of either 25 below or 90/90 for 90 days.
I FLED to SoCal in 88.
John
QUOTE(Tom_T @ Jul 26 2010, 05:23 PM)
QUOTE(smg914 @ Jul 26 2010, 12:33 PM)
Hey Steve - is that John L's, or did you both own it at one point, or am I just cornfused??
QUOTE(type47fan @ Jul 27 2010, 09:28 AM)
It's funny how some cameras change the color - so go by the color codes L30E or 1310 on the Karmann/Stuttgart Chassis Tag &/or COA.
Here's the same 71 Bahia Red above with my 2MP cell phone cam vs. 8MP Canon - same day, same angle/shot, & within minutes of each other!
... lo rez one looks more like Phoenix Red!
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QUOTE(type47 @ Jul 27 2010, 10:51 AM)
hmmmm, I always thought my car was Bahia Red
Looks like Phoenix Red to me.
Here's mine
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S/N 4742903058 - '74 2.0l dual carbs. This is a picture after a 5 yr refresh, including paint. Sold the car to a gentleman in NY. Link to my website showing the refresh.
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S/N 4742905914 - '74 2.0l FI. Currently undergoing a 5 yr refresh including paint. This is a very special car, the VIN ends in 914. Link to my website showing the refresh.
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Both of these cars were originally bahia red L30E.
-- Rob
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S/N 4742905914 - '74 2.0l FI. Currently undergoing a 5 yr refresh including paint. This is a very special car, the VIN ends in 914. Link to my website showing the refresh.
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Both of these cars were originally bahia red L30E.
-- Rob
THIS is Bahiarot
Pat
Pat
Bout time you posted a shot of that thang in the main forum Pat 
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